11th-early 12th century
H. 10.5 cm x Diam. 8.8 cm (4 1/8 in. x 3 7/16 in.)
Peter W. Scheinman purchased from J.J. Lally & Co., New York
Pewter
18th centuryBritishJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseGray stoneware with combed and appliqué decoration, perhaps originally with a fitted spout
5th centuryKoreanCloudy, pale greenish white nephrite
17th-18th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 7 (qi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze yellow enamel; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Hongzhi nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
18th centuryChineseEarthenware with green lead glaze
1st century BCE-1st century CEChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 6 (liu) inscribed inside the footring before firing
15th centuryChineseTerracotta
2nd century CERomanYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with misfired olive-brown celadon glaze. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekSilver
17th centuryAmerican